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Date:      04 Mar 1998 20:52:34 -0600
From:      stephen farrell <stephen@farrell.org>
To:        Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NIS will not authenticate / login
Message-ID:  <87sooxkfwt.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: Atipa's message of "Wed, 4 Mar 1998 18:39:07 -0700 (MST)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.980304182620.14182B@dot.ishiboo.com>

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Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> writes:

> I am using 2.2.2-RELEASE (BTW - man page is out of date; it refers to 
> /etc/sysconfig instead of /etc/rc.conf).

2.2.2-RELEASE is rather out-of-date at this point.

> I set up yp/nis, and everything appears to work fine (rpc.passwdd, 
> ypserv, ypcat, ypchsh, ypwhich, etc.). I can make my user lists and verify 
> them locally and remotely using ypcat.
> 
> I can also change passwords and finger information w/ ypchsh and 
> yppasswd (and /usr/bin/passwd for NIS-only logins). No problems at all.
> 
> However, whenever I try to login (telnet, ftp, or console) w/ an NIS
> identity, I get the normal "login incorrect" message. Yes, I am typing 
> the correct password :)
> 
> Do you need a different version of /usr/libexec/login for NIS? I would
> think authentication would be built into getpwent(), but I could be wrong. 

Did you add the appropriate entries to /etc/passwd and /etc/group?
For more information, see man 5 passwd, in particular the section
entitled "YP/NIS INTERACTION".

--

Steve Farrell


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